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A montage of mayhem — with the solution in the center.

City Not Using Camera Tickets to Crack Down on Reckless Cabbies

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 10, 2020 | No Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission claims it does not have the authority to take cabbies off the road for multiple camera-issued speeding tickets. But others say it does.

A cement truck driver killed an elderly woman with a cane in Borough Park last week: Citizen

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NYPD: Two People Killed By Truck Drivers Within Hours of Each Other on Tuesday

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 7, 2020 | No Comments

Two people were killed in as many hours by the drivers of massive trucks on Tuesday morning — one a 10-year-old boy and the other an elderly woman, a pattern of carnage that picks up where last year left off.

Just a few of the 219 people who were killed on NYC streets in 2019.

In Memoriam 2019: The Lives We Lost (And The Drivers Who Weren’t Charged)

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 6, 2020 | No Comments

The primary cause of death on New York City roadways remains reckless drivers. Yet more than half have not been charged. Here's our annual tribute to the dead — and our annual call for action.

How the Daily News covered a stroller protest in 1949.

Save the Date: Baby Carriage Blockade is Back on Jan. 11

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 20, 2019 | No Comments

Call it Mothers Against Deadly Driving.

A 3-year-old boy is dead after the driver of a pickup truck struck him as his mom pushed him in a stroller (seen in the photo) across a Harlem street Monday morning. Photo: Citizen

Why Was Killer Trucker Even on the Road? Because Public Officials Are Inept

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 19, 2019 | No Comments

He didn't have a valid license. So why was Jaime Sabogal behind the wheel when he killed a 3-year-old?

Activists laid out symbolic body bags to mark Sunday's "Day of Remembrance" for victims of road violence. Photo: Clarence Eckerson

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Monday’s Headlines: Day of Remembrance Edition

By Streetsblog | Nov 18, 2019 | No Comments

Why won't the political class pay more attention to road violence, which kills far more people than gun maniacs or opiates? That and other stories in today's headlines.

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